A note on Hornich's problem (Q1291136)

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    A note on Hornich's problem
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1295483

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      A note on Hornich's problem (English)
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      12 December 1999
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      An upper bound is given for Hornich's problem, namely to determine the smallest number of nonoverlapping unit spheres which can block all the light rays starting from the center of a fixed one. The Dirichlet approximation theorem is applied.
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      Hornich problem
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      upper bound
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      nonoverlapping unit spheres
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      Dirichlet approximation theorem
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